Every week, Cécile will introduce your children to working with clay, both modelling and decoration. Also, during the school holidays, they can go for one and a half hours a day, four days a week (Ai...

Restaurant with garden, in the middle of the old town centre (opposite the Théâtre Antique). All sorts of family-friendly features: an enclosed garden, games, a nice children’s menu (varies according to what’s on offer at the market), all in lovely surroundings.

Dating back to the end of the 1st century AD, this Roman amphitheatre has been the venue for all sorts of events throughout history – gladiator fights, reenactments of hunting trips, and, these days, events involving bulls (but not just bullfights) and concerts ...

This is the start of the bull-fighting season. Férias are truly typical of Arles, but are not really ideal for a family outing because they attract such enormous crowds that it’s hard to get around, there are hordes of people everywhere and sometimes quite a lot of drink taken! You really must take older children to a bullfight: they may or may not enjoy it but at least they’ll have been to one.

There are all sorts of activities focusing on horses and the ‘gardian’ tradition, plus the "courses de satin" («satin races»), when gardians race bareback on thoroughbred Camargue horses. The winner gets a silk scarf that he keeps for a year.

This festival starts on the Saturday with a horse-riding exhibition in the amphitheatre, followed by an equestrian parade in the town centre. For three days, the amphitheatre becomes a ‘horse village’. This year’s theme is linked to what’s happening in the world of sport: «The Olympic Games for Horses».

september

Foodlovers’ Camargue

The aim of this event is to promote Camargue rice and the local produce for which the region is famed. Taster sessions, workshops on the various products, play and learn activities for children etc.

septembre

Drôles de Noëls

Every year, in the run-up to Christmas, fairyland comes to the streets of Arles: a festival of children’s shows and entertainment including theatre, puppets, stories, music, illuminations... and there are even special events for the very young.

Has all the info you need about Arles. Boulevard des Lices, open daily April 1st – September 30th, 9am – 6.45pm and Monday to Saturday 9.am – 4.45pm, Sunday 10am – 12.45pm from October 1st – March 31st.